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652 1915—Chapter 432.
CHAPTER 432.
AN ACT TO CREATE A SPECIAL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
COMPOSED OF PORTIONS OF MOORE, MONTGOMERY,
AND RICHMOND COUNTIES.
School district
created.
Boundary.
Excluding land
west of Capital
Highway.
Incorporation.
Corporate name.
Powers vested.
Corporate agents.
The General Assemlily of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That a public school district is hereby created to be
composed of the three contiguous districts or territories of Moore,
Montgomery, and Richmond counties, described as follows
:
(a) Beginning at Drowning Creek at the mouth of Pool's mill
branch and running thence with said branch and its general direc-tion
to Montgomery and Richmond County line; thence direct to
A. H. Saunders' mill site; thence in a southeasterly direction to
the south corner of W. H. Cai'penter's land ; thence to the north
head of Graham mill branch ; thence down the general direction
of said branch to Drowning Creek ; thence with said creek to
Miry branch ; thence with said branch to Keyser road ; thence
with said road to and including the J. B. Clark place, and con-tinuing
with said road to the Markham log landing ; thence to the
ford of James L. Currie Shop branch ; thence with said branch to
Drowning Creek, the beginning point.
(&) Beginning at the north corner of the Hoffman District in
Richmond County and running up Drowning Creek to the Little
Cabin branch at its mouth ; thence up Little Cabin branch to its
head ; thence southward in a straight line to a point on the old
plank road one mile eastward of the late Mary Bennett's residence
;
thence eastward with the old plank road to the line of the Hoff-man
Disti*ict ; thence northward with the line of the Hoffman
District to the beginning.
(c) Beginning at the mouth of Little Cabin branch and running
up said branch to its head ; thence southward with the line of
Disti-ict Number Four, Beaver Dam, to Naked Creek ; thence with
Naked Creek to the mouth of Rocky Fork ; thence up Rocky Fork
to its head ; thence in a straight line to the point where the county
line crosses Naked Creek ; thence eastward with the county line
to Drowning Creek ; thence down Drowning Creek to the begin-ning—
excluding from said territory, however, any portion thereof
that may be west of what is known as the Capital Highway.
Sec. 2. That the foregoing described district or territory shall,
for the purposes of this act, be and it is hereby declared a body
politic and corporate by the name and style of "Derby Memorial
School District," and is vested with all the necessary power and
authority to carry out the provisions of this act; and for the pur-poses
of this act to exercise all the rights and privileges incidental
to municipal corporations generally. The school committee created

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652 1915—Chapter 432.
CHAPTER 432.
AN ACT TO CREATE A SPECIAL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
COMPOSED OF PORTIONS OF MOORE, MONTGOMERY,
AND RICHMOND COUNTIES.
School district
created.
Boundary.
Excluding land
west of Capital
Highway.
Incorporation.
Corporate name.
Powers vested.
Corporate agents.
The General Assemlily of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That a public school district is hereby created to be
composed of the three contiguous districts or territories of Moore,
Montgomery, and Richmond counties, described as follows
:
(a) Beginning at Drowning Creek at the mouth of Pool's mill
branch and running thence with said branch and its general direc-tion
to Montgomery and Richmond County line; thence direct to
A. H. Saunders' mill site; thence in a southeasterly direction to
the south corner of W. H. Cai'penter's land ; thence to the north
head of Graham mill branch ; thence down the general direction
of said branch to Drowning Creek ; thence with said creek to
Miry branch ; thence with said branch to Keyser road ; thence
with said road to and including the J. B. Clark place, and con-tinuing
with said road to the Markham log landing ; thence to the
ford of James L. Currie Shop branch ; thence with said branch to
Drowning Creek, the beginning point.
(&) Beginning at the north corner of the Hoffman District in
Richmond County and running up Drowning Creek to the Little
Cabin branch at its mouth ; thence up Little Cabin branch to its
head ; thence southward in a straight line to a point on the old
plank road one mile eastward of the late Mary Bennett's residence
;
thence eastward with the old plank road to the line of the Hoff-man
Disti*ict ; thence northward with the line of the Hoffman
District to the beginning.
(c) Beginning at the mouth of Little Cabin branch and running
up said branch to its head ; thence southward with the line of
Disti-ict Number Four, Beaver Dam, to Naked Creek ; thence with
Naked Creek to the mouth of Rocky Fork ; thence up Rocky Fork
to its head ; thence in a straight line to the point where the county
line crosses Naked Creek ; thence eastward with the county line
to Drowning Creek ; thence down Drowning Creek to the begin-ning—
excluding from said territory, however, any portion thereof
that may be west of what is known as the Capital Highway.
Sec. 2. That the foregoing described district or territory shall,
for the purposes of this act, be and it is hereby declared a body
politic and corporate by the name and style of "Derby Memorial
School District," and is vested with all the necessary power and
authority to carry out the provisions of this act; and for the pur-poses
of this act to exercise all the rights and privileges incidental
to municipal corporations generally. The school committee created